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Bucknell University: University Slams Door on Student Satires of Obama Stimulus Plan and Affirmative Action

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On March 17, 2009, Bucknell University, citing an inapplicable solicitation policy, shut down a Conservatives Club event protesting President Barack Obama鈥檚 stimulus plan. Less than a month later, university officials also shut down the club鈥檚 April 7 鈥渁ffirmative action bake sale鈥 protest. Administrators told the club that it needed a permit to host such an event, but when the club filed a permit for the same event two weeks later, it was told that it would need the Dean of 果冻传媒app官方鈥 approval to hold a 鈥渃ontroversial鈥 event. FIREwrote to Bucknell on May 21, informing the university that shutting down these events violates the university鈥檚 promises of free expression. Bucknell responded on June 11, claiming that neither event was a 鈥渕atter of free speech.鈥 The university later revised the  solicitation policy that it had used to cancel the conservative club鈥檚 events, renaming it the 鈥淪ales and Promotion鈥 policy and making it even more restrictive.

In September, FIREsubmitted an ad to Bucknell鈥檚 student newspaper, The Bucknellian, which rejected the ad, fearing that it 鈥渕ight be construed as libel.鈥 On January 7, 2010, FIREwrote to Bucknell to encourage it to live up to its promises of free speech on campus. In response, on January 18,  Bucknell sent a letter to 果冻传媒app官方, accusing it of 鈥渁bus[ing] the truth鈥 and 鈥渋nvent[ing] not existent controversi[es].鈥 On September 1, FIREagain wrote to Bucknell, contesting its restrictive Sales and Promotions policy, which requires preregistration and preapproval for 鈥減romotions鈥 of  鈥渃auses.鈥 Later that month, FIREplaced an electronic billboard near Bucknell鈥檚 campus, explaining that private universities may not betray their promises of free expression.

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